Lusaka Province Health Director, Simulyamana Choonga, says a cumulative total of 24, 540 doses of the Cholera vaccine have so far been administered in Chainda Compound since the commencement of the vaccination exercise five days ago.
Dr Choonga has explained that the Ministry of Health undertook an emergency oral cholera vaccination exercise in the area to contain further spread of the disease which saw three suspected cases admitted to Chainda Clinic that have since been discharged.
He has further assured that the cholera outbreak in Lusaka Province has since been contained as no new cases of the disease or admissions have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
Dr Choonga has attributed the development to the interventions put in place by the government, one of them being the Cholera vaccination.
Speaking in a telephone interview in Lusaka Dr Choonga disclosed that the province recorded a total of 42 Cholera cases since November 2025, and expressed happiness that no death has been recorded.
The Provincial Health Director explained that the earlier Cholera cases were recorded in three districts that include Chilanga, Chongwe and Lusaka, with Chainda compound as a hotspot.
Dr Choonga has called on residents in the province to continue observing good hygiene practices at individual, household and community levels.
“The real work still remains at family level, at household level, at individual level, people ensuring that the water they are drinking is chlorinated or boiled and making sure that they are keeping the three Cs which are cleanliness, care and competence.
“So now it’s time for households and communities, particularly one in Chainda to ensure that they dispose of their garbage in designated places so that we do not have to go back to the same situation as before,” he stressed.
Cholera vaccine.. how does it work? You mean one can survive eating rubbish afterwards? I just want some education